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I think its disgraceful how far this country has fallen that we are prosecuting someone for something as stupid as this and is a massive attack on this countries free speech, i think its a big waste of time.

Here is the original video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu47muw--A4

He basically taught his dog to do a nazi salute when he says "seig heil" and to get exited when he utters the words "gas the jews"

Someone makes a joke and everyone starts getting offended , honestly think some people enjoy being offended, the guy even said that he wanted to teach the dog to do the worst thing possible so clearly he isn't a nazi sympathiser

What does ESOC think about this, should this man be prosecuted for this or not?
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Hmm. It is just a joke. I don't see the problem.
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j_t_kirk wrote:Hmm. It is just a joke. I don't see the problem.


Exactly, but he is due in court and could possible be sent to prison over this.
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Well if he did nothing illegal then he'll probably be fine
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fightinfrenchman wrote:Well if he did nothing illegal then he'll probably be fine
exactly, that's what people don't seem to understand. They want to do illegal stuff and think they can get away with it
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Not sure about British law but in most European countries it's illegal to do the nazi salute for obvious reasons. I'm unsure whether this applies to pets as well, that'd be up to the judge to decide. I would say this is a winnable case for the proscecutor since the man taught the dog an illegal act. If you teach your raven to steal jewelry then you're also breaking the law.
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"Not sure about British law but in most European countries it's illegal to do the nazi salute for obvious reasons." I'm sorry but what are those obvious reasons? it is obviously not right but then nor is adultery and that isn't illegal.

It is not obvious at all why it should be illegal- people are free to avoid this man, not give him a job, regard him as an idiot etc. but why should he go to jail? pr obvious who the real fascists are nowadays.............. hate crime = thought crime, welcome to the new tyranny, get used to it IMO.
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Here is some information about the UK legislation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_laws_in_the_United_Kingdom

This is a clash of different philosophies regarding free speech. Some jurisdictions tend to have a rather broad understanding of what is protected by free speech (U.S.A.) other tend to have a more limited scope. Still, all "Western" countries agree that free speech is to be protected and all agree that some forms of speech interefere too much with the rights of others (it is almost always illegal to insult sb).
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oats13 wrote:"Not sure about British law but in most European countries it's illegal to do the nazi salute for obvious reasons." I'm sorry but what are those obvious reasons? it is obviously not right but then nor is adultery and that isn't illegal.

It is not obvious at all why it should be illegal- people are free to avoid this man, not give him a job, regard him as an idiot etc. but why should he go to jail? pr obvious who the real fascists are nowadays.............. hate crime = thought crime, welcome to the new tyranny, get used to it IMO.


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oats13 wrote:people are free to avoid this man, not give him a job, regard him as an idiot etc.
Not necessarily, as there are anti-discrimination laws as well. :uglylol:
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yeah, like one can wish death to certain forum members and that's perfectly ok, it's just a prank
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pecelot wrote:yeah, like one can wish death to certain forum members and that's perfectly ok, it's just a prank


What are you getting at?
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oats13 wrote:"Not sure about British law but in most European countries it's illegal to do the nazi salute for obvious reasons." I'm sorry but what are those obvious reasons? it is obviously not right but then nor is adultery and that isn't illegal.
if adultery was reasonable for mass genocide and world War I think it would probably be illegal......
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Gendarme wrote:
oats13 wrote:people are free to avoid this man, not give him a job, regard him as an idiot etc.
Not necessarily, as there are anti-discrimination laws as well. :uglylol:


Well the job thing maybe, but in reality you would just make up some BS reason for not giving the job. The point is - should this be a judicial matter or a personal moral one such as with adultery?

IMO society (and indeed you-tube) can make it's judgement on this individual in sufficient a way as to be considered as redress, and that the law need not be applied for.

When the law actively presumes to take the moral imperative away from society and arrogate to itself the right to decide what is and isn't offensive, when that is 'likely' to be caused etc. when it deals sentences far in excess of those given out when property or the physical body has been harmed then that aught to raise eyebrows among all free-thinking people IMO.
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gibson wrote:
oats13 wrote:"Not sure about British law but in most European countries it's illegal to do the nazi salute for obvious reasons." I'm sorry but what are those obvious reasons? it is obviously not right but then nor is adultery and that isn't illegal.
if adultery was reasonable for mass genocide and world War I think it would probably be illegal......


logical fallacy-false equivalence, it wasn't dogs giving salutes or even the salutes that caused the genocide and you surely mean WW2?
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@oats13 Free speech is not a disguise for hate speech and nor should it be. Whether this man is in line with nazi ideas or not is irrelevant to the case of hate speech. Hate speech shouldn't be tolerated for the sake of tolerance, as this will inevitably lead to violence - the core of fascism. The obvious reasons, in my opinion, are the fact that ~7-8 million people were murdered in the name of nazism, which should not be the subject of any jokes. We should learn from the mistakes of the past, not glorify them. We saw what happened in Charlottesville when hate speech is tolerated. Nazis were permitted to march and preach, but the result was not more freedom. Instead, the march ended in horrific violence and one death. Letting nazis exercise their free speech didn't allow democracy and free speech to flourish: instead, it silenced one person forever.

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oats13 wrote:
Gendarme wrote:
oats13 wrote:people are free to avoid this man, not give him a job, regard him as an idiot etc.
Not necessarily, as there are anti-discrimination laws as well. :uglylol:


Well the job thing maybe, but in reality you would just make up some BS reason for not giving the job. The point is - should this be a judicial matter or a personal moral one such as with adultery?

IMO society (and indeed you-tube) can make it's judgement on this individual in sufficient a way as to be considered as redress, and that the law need not be applied for.

When the law actively presumes to take the moral imperative away from society and arrogate to itself the right to decide what is and isn't offensive, when that is 'likely' to be caused etc. and to deal sentences far in excess of those given out when property or the physical body has been harmed aught to raise eyebrows among all free-thinking people IMO.
You are correct. I simply meant to ridicule the whole anti-hate-speech and anti-discrimination thing, notwithstanding the fact that it is far more depressing than amusing. It is the best I can do at the moment.
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Mr_Bramboy wrote:@oats13 Free speech is not a disguise for hate speech and nor should it be. Whether this man is in line with nazi ideas or not is irrelevant to the case of hate speech. Hate speech shouldn't be tolerated for the sake of tolerance, as this will inevitably lead to violence - the core of fascism. The obvious reasons, in my opinion, are the fact that ~7-8 million people were murdered in the name of nazism, which should not be the subject of any jokes. We should learn from the mistakes of the past, not glorify them. We saw what happened in Charlottesville when hate speech is tolerated. Nazis were permitted to march and preach, but the result was not more freedom. Instead, the march ended in horrific violence and one death. Letting nazis exercise their free speech didn't allow democracy and free speech to flourish: instead, it silenced one person forever.

Society cannot make a collective judgment. That's why there are laws and judges in place to protect us from danger.


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Gendarme wrote:
oats13 wrote:
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Well the job thing maybe, but in reality you would just make up some BS reason for not giving the job. The point is - should this be a judicial matter or a personal moral one such as with adultery?

IMO society (and indeed you-tube) can make it's judgement on this individual in sufficient a way as to be considered as redress, and that the law need not be applied for.

When the law actively presumes to take the moral imperative away from society and arrogate to itself the right to decide what is and isn't offensive, when that is 'likely' to be caused etc. and to deal sentences far in excess of those given out when property or the physical body has been harmed aught to raise eyebrows among all free-thinking people IMO.
You are correct. I simply meant to ridicule the whole anti-hate-speech and anti-discrimination thing, notwithstanding the fact that it is far more depressing than amusing. It is the best I can do at the moment.


Ah I get it- you'd probably like this then- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ytJG8X6obk
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Mr_Bramboy wrote:Free speech is not a disguise for hate speech and nor should it be. Whether this man is in line with nazi ideas or not is irrelevant to the case of hate speech. Hate speech shouldn't be tolerated for the sake of tolerance, as this will inevitably lead to violence - the core of fascism. The obvious reasons, in my opinion, are the fact that ~7-8 million people were murdered in the name of nazism, which should not be the subject of any jokes. We should learn from the mistakes of the past, not glorify them. We saw what happened in Charlottesville when hate speech is tolerated. Nazis were permitted to march and preach, but the result was not more freedom. Instead, the march ended in horrific violence and one death. Letting nazis exercise their free speech didn't allow democracy and free speech to flourish: instead, it silenced one person forever.

Society cannot make a collective judgment. That's why there are laws and judges in place to protect us from danger.


What exactly is "hate speech"?
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Borat would like that dog


...on a more serious note, the original post plus oats' emotional responses make it seem like it's a big thing, a groundbreaking case study for the oh so degenerating world, which is just a big overexaggeration. If it's an illegal act in that country and the judge decides it is, even if the line seems quite blurry (the line from radicalism to extremism is an issue in political science since basically forever by the way), then he indeed committed a crime.
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oats13 wrote:
gibson wrote:
oats13 wrote:"Not sure about British law but in most European countries it's illegal to do the nazi salute for obvious reasons." I'm sorry but what are those obvious reasons? it is obviously not right but then nor is adultery and that isn't illegal.
if adultery was reasonable for mass genocide and world War I think it would probably be illegal......


logical fallacy-false equivalence, it wasn't dogs giving salutes or even the salutes that caused the genocide and you surely mean WW2?

I just said world war.....the I was an i lol, and I was pointing out your false equivalence of equivocating nazism to adultery.
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I personally think it's bad taste.
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